By Leila Merrill
FireRescue1
GAVIOTA, Calif. — Two firefighters were injured early Wednesday at the scene of a previous crash on Highway 101, KSBY reported.
Members of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department were responding to a single-vehicle rollover crash when another vehicle struck a captain and an engineer working at the scene.
Both were transported to a nearby hospital.
Captain Scott Safechuck, the department’s public information officer, said on Twitter that the injured captain was moved to the intensive care unit in serious but stable condition. The engineer was released from the hospital and will continue recovering at home.
The crash is under investigation.